MSc Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship

STUDIES

MSC INNOVATION, CREATIVITY AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The Master of Science Innovation, Creativity & Entrepreneurship is based on a partnership between South Champagne Business School and EPF Graduate School of Engineering together with the Science Park Technopole de l’Aube en Champagne and its 60+ Start ups. Accredited by the “Conférence des Grandes Ecoles”, this joint programme is open to students with a management, engineering or design background.

A JOINT PROGRAMME COMBINING ENGINEERING, DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT

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This 12/13-month-programme starts with 7 months/two semesters of classes followed by a 5/6-month-internship or personal Business Project Creation.

100% of courses are taught in English.

The Master of Science Innovation, Creation & Entrepreneurship is made for tomorrow's managers willing to work in several areas of expertise in a cross cultural environment.

ENTREPRENEURIAL CULTURE & BUSINESS GAME

Part of the programme aims at providing students with a solid entrepreneurial culture through meetings with Business owners, networking sessions, lectures, workshops and European Commission lobbies. In the course of their 8 months of studies, they will be faced with several sessions of intensive 3-daychallenges given by startups.

By the end of the second semester, in order to assess their overall skills, students take part in a Business Game. For a whole week, they are asked to manage and implement an innovative project within challenging scenarios.

AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME

Reveal entrepreneurial skills, and form managers capable of :

managing innovative projects,

initiating a process of value creation,

driving the growth of a company.

ORGANISATION OF STUDIES

SEMESTERS 1 & 2

The first 2 semesters are dedicated to go deeper in the knowledge of Management with entrepreneurship and innovation-oriented courses.

Examples of courses :

> Economic Intelligence, Monitoring and Research Expert Information> Standards and Quality> System Engineering, Conception and Numerical Modeling> Creating an Innovative Organization> Management by Processess> Entrepreneurial Team Formation> Rethinking and Designing New Business Model> Business Plan Achievement> Entrepreneurial Finance> Design Thinking

FINAL PROJECT (5 months at least)

The final project is oriented towards innovative entrepreneurship. This project may be fulfilled in a company or dedicated to the creation of a company (start-up): incubation at Technopole de l’Aube en Champagne (Science Park)

EXAMPLES OF JOBS

ADMISSION

Applicants may have attended education programmes in the fields of engineering, management or design.

International students must have a Bachelor degree.

French students must have capitalized at least 240 ECTS credits (equivalent to 4 years’ higher education) in the course of their previous studies.

Selection is based on the application. The quality of the academic background must come together with a solid personal project and significant professional experience. An Admission Board considers the applications and may decide that an additional procedure is required to examine certain points before reaching a decision. In that last case, an interview in English is arranged to examine the points in the application and then return a favorable or unfavorable decision.